Tag Archives: Inspiration

A Conversation between Critique Partners: Trusting Your Own Work

By Susan | Published: May 20, 2013

So this isn’t really a conversation post this time–more like me adding onto Sarah’s last post. Mostly because she touched on something I feel very strongly about: The idea that having a critique partner somehow means you don’t trust your own writing. Just as Sarah said in her post: that’s not true. In fact, I’m gonna go [...]

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Writing is hard…

By Susan | Published: May 17, 2013

…so don’t give up. I don’t really have anything else to say today other than that. I’m in the middle of book 3 revisions, renovating my house, preparing lesson plans for the YAGB tour, and revising other books that have not yet sold. It all seems pretty overwhelming and insurmountable. But it isn’t. It never is. [...]

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A Dawn Most Wicked cover! And some musical stuffs…

By Susan | Published: March 15, 2013

So I don’t have a whole lot to say. The Frenchman and I are packing yet again to move into a new house. Our current home is a jungle of boxes and packing paper. Hopefully this next home, though, will be the final home. At least for a few years. (I am so sick of moving! This [...]

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Pub(lishing) Crawl: Books That Inspire

By Susan | Published: March 11, 2013

Hello, everyone! We have a slightly different week for you–a week of paying forward all the many blessings we here at Pub(lishing) Crawl have had. A week of talking about who and what we’re grateful for–and a week of giving back. The idea came about after we heard about a book called Poison by Bridget [...]

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The Young Authors Give Back Tour!

By Susan | Published: March 8, 2013

GUYS! Our big news is finally coming out into the world. And by “our”, I mean: Me, Erin Bowman, Sarah J. Maas, and Kat Zhang. WE’RE GOING ON TOUR. TOGETHER. Starting at BEA in New York City, we’ll be heading gradually west for two weeks–and ending up in Chicago. But it’s not just a self-hosted tour [...]

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Some Writing Inspiration and Thoughts on Lazy Muses

By Susan | Published: December 10, 2012

I am deep in Revison Land. It’s a lot like those Tilt-a-Whirl rides that make you lose all concept with reality. Or all control of your lunch… Actually, it’s a LOT like this poor guy, and all I wan to do is beg Janice to make it STOP. Actually, that’s not true. I hit a [...]

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NaNoWriMo 2012 FINISH!

By Susan | Published: November 30, 2012

AND WE’RE DONE!!! Or…almost. Today is the last day to write as much as you can and then validate your word counts! Don’t forget to validate–otherwise your word count isn’t…well, it isn’t counted and you don’t get labeled as a winner. For those of you with less than 50K, that is STILL AWESOME. I don’t [...]

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Determination no matter what

By Susan | Published: November 26, 2012

Nothing could apply more to publishing. We are down to the final days of NaNoWriMo, and I bet some of you are facing a lack motivation to reach the end…or maybe you’re facing the daunting task of what’s next (revisions! Uh, yay…?). You’re not alone. Writing is never, EVER an easy process. There are easy days, [...]

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Writing Constipation

By Susan | Published: November 12, 2012

Writing constipation–a phrase I first heard from Anna Banks (author of Of Posiedon). Typically, people use the phrase to refer to having too many ideas to isolate and then write…but honestly, sorting through all my ideas has never been a problem for me. Wading through and then getting the story ideas onto a page is [...]

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Keeping a Writing Journal

By Susan | Published: November 5, 2012

NaNoWriMo Day 5! HUZZAH! How are you all doing? Have you made sure to enter the 5-page critique giveaway from me and Sarah J. Maas? If not, be sure to enter below. Also, if you’re available at 4:00 PM Eastern Time today, Sarah J. Maas and I will be fighting a heated battle of words–a [...]

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